*Antarctic Postcards and Postal History. A group of 26 vintage postcards of British Antarctic expedition interest, circa 1909-15, mostly black and white photographic images but including one oilette and one chromolithographic card by Fry's, three postcards postally used with messages and addresses, two with messages to verso but not postally sent and three with pre-printed message from Shackleton dated 12 November 1909 (1 with advertising surtitle printing for 'Plasmon Biscuits'), plus a British Antarctic Expedition stamped letterhead with one penny New Zealand postage stamp and postal strikes for British Antarctic Expedition dated 18th January 1913 and Victoria Land name stamp, a second similar stamp on the corner remains of a 1907 expedition envelope with King Edward VII Land name stamp within circular British Antarctic stamp, plus 26 later postcards, 18 first day covers (1968/2003) plus 3 related medallic first day covers, a group of approximately 10 newsletters for the Friends of Antarctica and similar, 2 related books including Wharton (Margery), Postcards of Antarctic Expeditions, A Catalogue: 1898-1958, 1st edition, 1998, illustrations throughout, original pictorial laminated boards, 8vo, plus a commemorative blue and white porcelain mug for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition I "City of New York", red stamps to base (a small carton)
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[Scott, Walter]. Secret Commonwealth, or, a Treatise Displaying the Chiefe Curiosities as they are in use among diverse of the People of Scotland to this day; Singularities for the most part peculiar to that Nation..., by Robert Kirk, Minister at Aberfoil, 1815, 97 pp., scattered light spotting, contemporary previous owner signature to title, one leaf with annotation at front, bookplate, later sprinkled calf, spine with red label and gilt decoration, 4to Limited edition, one of 100 copies. Robert Kirk (1644-1692) was a Scottish minister and folklorist, who collected together traditional Highland stories on fairies (or siths) in manuscript, but died before publication, Walter Scott here publishing them for the first time in 1815. (1)
Kollar (Jan). D¡la b snick we dwau djljch [A Collection of Poems in two parts], 1st collected edition, Buda, 1845, some light offsetting, presentation inscription 'Slawobratrowi Utesenowic-Ostrozinsk‚mu / Jan Koll r' and an additional autograph sonnet bound in, contemporary green cloth, slight wear and small chip at head of spine, 8vo, cloth book box First collected edition of Jan Koll r's works, inscribed to fellow poet and 'brother Slav' Ognjeslav Utjesenowic-Ostrozinski, with an additional autograph sonnet written in his honour. (1)
George (Henry). Why Work is Scarce, Wages Low, and Labor Restless. A Lecture delivered in Metropolitan Temple, San Francisco, Cal., March 26, 1878. 2nd edition, The California Tax Reform League, [San Francisco], [1885], pp. [2], 14, two small chips to first leaf, machine-stitched as issued, slim 8vo First published in 1878 this speech called for a Single Tax on Land, which saw its fullest expression in Progress and Poverty (1879). Rare. (1)
Hamilton (F.W.). The Origin and History of the First Grenadier Guards, volumes 1-3 (complete), 1st edition, 1874, numerous black and white illustrations and maps, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, uniform original gilt-decorated red cloth boards slightly marked, spines slightly toned and rubbed, 8vo, together with Almack (Edward), The History of the Second Dragoons "Royal Scots Greys", circa 1908, 44 black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue-guard, bookplate to front pastedown, ex-library with associated markings, some minor spotting, original gilt-decorated quarter vellum, boards and spine marked and rubbed with some minor loss to head and foot, large 8vo, and Barnes (R. Money), The Uniforms and History of the Scottish Regiments... , 1st edition, 1956, A History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army, 4th edition, 1957, both original red cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo (2 volumes in total), plus other early 20th-century and modern regimental history reference, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)
Hugo (Victor). Notre-Dame de Paris, 1st illustrated edition, Paris, 1836, engraved title and 11 mounted engraved plates after Johannot, Boulanger, Raffet, Rogier, and Rouargue printed on papier chine, some slight spotting, all edges gilt, original morocco gilt by Boutigny, some slight wear; later slip-case, 8vo First illustrated edition, known as the '‚dition keepsake'. (1)
Magens (Nicolaus). An Essay on Insurances, explaining the Nature of the various Kinds of Insurance practised by the different Commercial States of Europe, and shewing their Consistency or Inconsistency with Equity and the Public Good, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1755, final blank in volume 1, contents leaves bound before the preface in volume 1, mispagination of sheets 3I-3N in volume 2 corrected with small printed cancels, occasional browning, mostly at front and rear of each volume, bookplates of John Clevland, contemporary speckled calf gilt, lacking lettering pieces, joints partly cracked, spine ends worn and extremities slightly bumped, 4to First edition in English, a substantially enlarged and revised version of the original text, Versuch ber Assecuranzen (Hamburg, 1753). Goldsmiths' 9045; Higgs 975; Kress 5453. (2)
Hayes (Richard). An Estimate of Places for Life: shewing how many years purchase a place for life is worth The whole being calculated upon the chances of the probabilities of lives in general to which is prefix'd, an account of places which are in the disposal of the Lord Mayor, 1st edition, 1728, engraved armorial bookplate of the Macclesfield library, dated 1860, and an early shelf number on the front pastedown, with the Macclesfield armorial stamp to the first three leaves, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo Goldsmiths' 6617; Kress S.1695. (1)
Colin (Antoine). [Histoire des Drogues, espiceries, et de certaines medicamens simples, qui naissent es Indes & en l'Amerique, 2nd edition, Lyon, Jean Pillehotte, 1619], two parts bound in one, consisting of Colin's translation of Garcia de Orta's Coloquios dos simples e drogas... da India of 1563, and Nicolas Monard's Histoire des simples medicamens apport‚s de l'Amerique, lacks title to first part, following few leaves were dampstained and with some marginal restrengthening, more heavily dampstained towards rear of volume, and with marginal paper repairs including some loss of text to final few leaves of index at end, numerous woodcut illustrations, occasional worming, later calf, heavily rubbed, 8vo, (sold with all faults), together with Lipsius (Justus), De Cruce libri tres, editio ultima, Amsterdam, 1670, bound with Titulus Sanctae Crucis seu Historia et Mysterum..., by Honorat Nicquet, Amsterdam, 1670, engraved frontispiece, titles with engraved vignettes, engraved plates and illustrations, including some folding, mainly of crucifixions, contemporary vellum, with modern spine label, a little rubbed and soiled, 12mo, plus other antiquarian interest, similar, including Hugo & Vaenius, Emblemes, 1750, Henry Brewer, Historica Rerum Notabiliorum, quae ex anno MDCLXI in Annum MDCLXXII... accidere, Cologne, 1672, various 18th century editions of Quarles Emblems, etc., mostly 8vo (12)
Leibniz (Gottfried Wilhelm). Theodicee, das ist, Versuch von der Gte Gottes, Freyheit des Menschen, und vom Ursprunge des B”sen;.bey dieser vierten Ausgabe durchgehends verbessert, auch mit verschiedenen Zus„tzen und Anmerkungen vermehrt v. J. Chr. Gottsched, Hanover and Leipzig, 1744, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved folding plate of the calculating machine, contemporary annotations on free endpaper, occasional spotting and soiling, contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spine lettered in ink, vertical crease to spine, 8vo First Gottsched edition of the Th‚odic‚e (1710). See PMM 177 (first edition). (1)
Lowndes (Thomas). Tracts in Prose and Verse, bound up together, and written by Thomas Lowndes, Esq. B.A. the copyright of all of them being given by him to the Middlesex Hospital Fund Dover, 1825, [With:] Tracts, Political and Miscellaneous, in Prose and Verse, The second Volume for the Author, 1827, portrait frontispiece (slightly offset) to volume 1, all edges gilt, contemporary full red straight-grain morocco gilt, 8vo First edition thus, the collections including much of economic and political interest. (2)
Poulain de la Barre (Francois). De l'excellence des hommes, contre l'egalit‚ des sexes, 1st edition, Paris, 1675, occasional minor spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, slightly chipped at head and gilt decoration and titling worn away, 12mo First edition of this treatise containing the culmination of Poulain de la Barre's Cartesian defence of women's equality to men. The author's first 'feminist' work, earnestly entitled De l'Egalit‚ des deux sexes, had appeared in Paris two years earlier. (1)
[Cahusac, Jean-Louis de]. Grigri, Histoire Veritable. Traduite du Japonnois en Portugais par Didaque Hadeczuca, Compagnon d'un missionnaire a Yendo; & du Portugais en Francois par l'Abbe de ***, Aumonier d'un vaisseau Hollandois, derniere edition moins correcte que les premieres, 2 parts in one volume, 1st edition, Nangazaki [Paris?], L'an du monde 59749 [1739], contemporary speckled calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, minor rubbing and corners repaired, 12mo First edition of this utopian and erotic novel. An Amsterdam imprint appeared in 1745, and by 1782 the novel had gone through six editions. Its libertine tone and erotic passages earned the novel an entry in an 1825 police index. (1)
Hafez (Aams-al-Din Mohammad, of Shiraz). The Works of Dewan Hafez: With an Account of his Life and Writings, Calcutta: A. Upjohn, 1791, title in Persian and English, with woodblock British royal and East India Company coats-of-arms at head, imprint within decorative border, text in Persian in nasta'liq and naskhi type, later pencil annotation throughout, lacking leaves 79 and 80 from the third part, tiny hole to title imprint affecting one letter, tiny marginal wormhole affecting title and first 8 leaves, pp.8-9 of second part cut short and into a couple of words, a couple of other catchwords in second part just trimmed by the binder, leaves 5 and 6 of third part sometime neatly remargined, leaves 119 and 120 in third part mis-foliated as published, last 19 leaves stained and with other lighter staining mainly confined to gutter affecting various gatherings, marbled endpapers, contemporary ownership stamp of Mr Strachey on endpaper, possibly repeated in ink manuscript in Persian below, label of Carberry Tower Library, contemporary half calf, worn, spine and corners crudely repaired with tape, folio (270 x 175mm), together with Bell (Gertrude L.), Poems from the Diran of Hafiz, Heinemann, 1928, original cloth, 8vo First item: Very rare first printed edition of the celebrated Persian lyric poet, who lived 1315-1390. The edition itself was compiled by Abu Taleb Khan Landani (1753-1805/06; administrator at Lucknow and author) based on 12 manuscripts. 'By common consent [Hafez] represents the zenith of Persian lyric poetry. In no other Persian poet can be found such a combination of fertile imagination, polished diction, apt choice of words, and silken melodious expressions' (Enc. Iranica Vol. XI, Fasc. 5, pp. 461-465). This edition was printed in 1200 copies by Aaron Upcott (fl.1785-1800). 'The first printed edition using movable type was commissioned by Richard Johnson of the East India Company [...] In a letter to Johnson prior to its publication, Sir William Jones, the famous orientalist and translator of Hafez, had complimented Johnson on taking up the task: "An impression of your Hafiz will, indeed, be a valuable acquisition to the publick; and I hope some years hence to offer up a copy of it on the tomb of the divine poet near the crystal stream of Rucnabad"' (Enc. Iranica Vol. XI, Fasc. 5, pp. 479-483). Only 7 institutional copies have been traced: BL, Cambridge, Bodleian, Edinburgh, Marburg, Princeton and Chapel Hill. Shaw 186 (not calling for the first part of 15 ll., nor the second part of 5 ll.). (2)
Temple (Sir William). Miscellanea. The First Part, 3rd edition, printed for Jacob Tonson..., 1691, [iv] + 232 pages, one or two marks, contemporary panelled full calf, rubbed and joints partly cracked at head, 8vo Ex libris Denton Manor library, Lincolnshire. ESTC R35213. The 3rd edition of this work (first published in 1680) and the first to give the author's name. The essays include observations on the United Provinces, an essay on Government, an essay on the advancement of trade in Ireland, and an essay on the cure of gout. (1)
Abhyankar (Major M. G.). The Rajputana Rifles, A History of the Regiment 1775-1947, 1st edition, 1961, colour frontispiece and monochrome illustrations, original black cloth in worn dust jacket, together with Qureshi (Major Mohammed Ibrahim), The First Punjabis, History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759-1956, 1st edition, Aldershot, 1958, colour frontispiece, monochrome maps and plates, original green cloth, very slightly rubbed, plus Huxford (Lieutenant-Colonel H.J.), History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles 1824-1949, 1st edition, Aldershot, 1952, monochrome plates and maps, etc., original dark green cloth gilt, and other Indian Army history and reference, including Betham & Geary, The Golden Galley, The Story of the Second Punjab Regiment 1761-1947, Oxford, 1956, Lawford & Catto, Solah Punjab, The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment, Aldershot, 1967, The Quarterly Indian Army List, January 1919, 2 volumes, Naval & Military Press, 1996, Frontier & Overseas Expeditions from India, 7 volumes bound in 8, Delhi, 1983-84, etc., mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, 8vo (approx. 60)
Tipping (H. Avray). English Furniture of the Cabriole Period, 1st edition, 1922, 32 black and white plates, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated brown cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with Sparks (Esther), Universal Limited Art Editions, A History and Catalogue. The First Twenty-Five Years, 1st edition, 1989, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original grey cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Thornton (Peter), The Italian Renaissance Interior 1400-1600, 1st edition, 1991, Authentic Decor, The Domestic Interior 1620-1920, reprinted, 1985, both colour and black and white illustrations, original brown cloth in dust jackets, oblong 4to, plus other modern art, architecture and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 cartons)
Gomberville (Marin Le Roy, Sieur de). Moral Virtue Delineated, Translated into English by Thomas Gibbs, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, 1647, engraved frontispiece, two engraved titles, portrait, 103 copper-engraved illustrations by Pierre Daret, one or two tears and small repairs, some light offsetting and toning, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, folio The very scarce first edition in English. No institutional copies traced. Only the second English edition of 1726 usually sold at auction. (1)
Ferguson (Adam). Grunds„tze der Moralphilosophie. Uebersetzt und mit einigen Anmerkungen versehen von Christian Garve, 1st edition in German, Leipzig, 1772, final gather of preliminary leaves misbound between pages 274 and 279, contemporary ink ownership inscription to the title, occasional light spotting throughout, contemporary sheep-backed sprinkled boards, minor wear and small wormhole at head, 8vo First edition in German of Ferguson's Institutes of Moral Philosophy (1769), predating the first French and Italian translations which appeared in 1775 and 1790 respectively. Jessop, p. 122; not in Chuo. (1)
[Touchy, Ferdinand Christian]. Answeisung wie Landgeb„ude bequem, dauerhaft und mit den wenigsten Kosten zu erbauen auch ohne Ziegel mit Feuersichern..., 1st edition, Leipzig, 1796, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary boards with leather spine label, lettered gilt, 8vo Rare first (and only?) edition of a detailed work on the design and construction of low cost farm buildings. Not found in NUC, OCLC or RLIN. (1)
[Glasse, Hannah]. The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; which far exeeds anything of the kind yet published, new edition, printed for A. Millar and others, 1767, some marks and minor soiling, modern calf, 8vo, together with Veauvilliers (A.B.), The Art of French Cookery, 1st English edition, Longman, Hirst, Rees, 1824, light spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary half-calf gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, 8vo, plus one other (3)
Rodbertus (Johann Karl). Zur Erkenntniss unsrer staatswirthschaftlichen Zust„nde Erstes Heft: Fnf Theoreme [all published], 1st edition, Neubrandenburg & Friedland, 1842, light water stain and remains of adhesive to title where label previously covering imprint details has been removed, small damp mark to the fore-edge of the first few leaves, some minor spotting and offsetting, near-contemporary publisher's decorated cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, 8vo First edition of one of Rodbertus's most important works, containing his critique and development of Ricardian theory. Einaudi 4806; Goldsmiths' 33076; Kress C.5941. (1)
[Godwin, William]. The History of the Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatam, 1st edition, Printed for the Author, 1783, errata to final leaf verso, contemporary calf gilt, corners bumped, some staining to boards, joints and hinges cracked, 8vo Scarce first edition of Godwin's first book. Rothschild 1015. (1)
Lyell (Charles). Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation, 3 volumes, 2nd edition of volume 1, 1st editions of volumes 2 & 3, 1832-33, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces to volumes 2 & 3, 4 engraved maps and plans (2 hand-coloured and 2 folding), 4 engraved plates, engraved illustrations to text, occasional heavy spotting, mostly to plates and title of volume 1, lacks half-title to volume 3, presentation inscriptions to James Strachan Clarke from his mother dated 1864 to front free endpaper of each volume, hinges slightly cracked, 19th-century green calf, gilt-decorated spines with contrasting leather labels replaced, somewhat rubbed, 8vo (214 x 134 mm) Murray published the second edition of volume 1 the same year as the first edition. A second edition of volume 2 was issued at the end of 1832 and no second edition of volume 3 was ever published. Ward & Carozzi 1408. (3)
Waugh (Evelyn). Officers and Gentleman, 1st edition, 1955, original blue cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Hemingway (Ernest), Across the River and into the Trees, 1st edition, 1950, A Moveable Feast, 1st edition, 1964, some light spotting, both original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed, 8vo (2 volumes in total), plus Gillon (Diana & Meir), The Unsleep, 1st edition, 1961, original blue cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly toned, 8vo, plus other mid 20th-century and modern first edition literature and fiction, including Iris Murdoch, Tennessee Williams, H.E. Bates, Michael Lewis, and publications by Victor Gollancz, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)
[Lambard, William. Eirenarcha: Or of The Office of the Iustices of Peace, in two Bookes... ], 1st edition, [1581], lacks title-page within woodcut border, A4 (second leaf of table contents) and penultimate leaf [to L7] from Table at rear, black letter, printer's woodcut device to final leaf verso, occasional old ink marginalia in more than one hand, some old damp staining sometimes affecting marginalia, later reversed calf, 8vo Beale T387. Uncommon first edition of this much praised account of the organisation of local government under the justices of the peace at the time. (1)
Baskerville Press. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., 3rd edition, Cambridge, 1762, with 'occasional prayers' present (U7 to 2A7 inclusive and 2Q to 2T inclusive), spotting throughout, marbled endpapers with slight wear to hinges, early ownership label to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, wear to head of spine, joints and extremities rubbed, large 8vo, together with Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon, 1773, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title and numerous plates (one detached), bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins..., 1774, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red crushed morocco, joints cracked and some wear, 12mo First title see Gaskell 19. (2)
Manzoni (Alessandro). Il Conte di Carmagnola. Tragedia, 1st edition, Milan, 1820, erratum paper strip pasted to verso of first blank leaf, contemporary marbled paper boards with manuscript paper label to spine, minor wear, 8vo First edition of Manzoni's first verse tragedy, The Count of Carmagnola, with a preface on the aesthetics and usefulness of the theatre. (1)
Bergam¡n (Jos‚). Tres Escenas en ngulo recto, 1st edition, Madrid, 1925, signed presentation inscription on first blank leaf, 'A Manolito con un abrazo, Pepe, Madrid 1925', original printed wrappers, dust-soiled, slim 8vo Bergam¡n's second book. The recipient may have been fellow poet Manuel Altolaguirre (1905-1959). (1)
Books - Moyra Charlton: Tally Ho illus. Lionel Edwards, pub G P Putman's 1930; Golden Gorse: Moorland Mousie illus. Lionel Edwards pub. Country Life Ltd 1949 ex libris; Anna Sewell: Black Beauty illus. Lionel Edwards first edition pub Peter Lunn August 1946; The Druid 'Silk and Scarlet' red leather edition pub Vinton & Co 1912 (4) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
One volume "Frenchman's Creek" by Daphne du Maurier, London published Victor Gollancz Limited 1941, and one volume "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" Fitzgerald's translation. CONDITION REPORT: There is no name or inscription or any tape marks, bookplate marks, tears or significant stains that we can see. The paper is however slightly yellowed as one might expect. The dust jacket is as you see it in the photographs and there is slight warping to the front cardboard cover. This is a first edition.
Antiquarian Books - Goldsmith (Oliver), An History of the Earth, And Animated Nature, first Irish edition, James Williams, Dublin 1776, volume II only; Bell's British Theatre (2 volumes); Telemachus, full mottled calf; La Vie de Madame J.M.B. de la Mothe Guion, Jean de la Pierre, Cologne 1720, two-volume set, full calf; other 18th century books, leather and calf bindings; etc
Fleming, Ian, James Bond first edition 'Thunderball', Jonathan Cape 1961, complete with Chopping design D/J over embossed skeletal hand black boards, text reading 'First published 1961' to verso of title page. * Condition: Some insect damage to edges on dust jacket, 2½in. portion of dust jacket missing from top of spine, also due to insect damage, some acid page turn discolouration to right edge.
Eliot, T.S., 'The Elder States-Man', first edition, Faber 1959, dust jacket over red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, ink owners name and 'first edition' marked in pencil to first page. * Condition: 10 x 8mm tear to top of dust jacket on spine, penciled "1st edition" to blank first page, also with single word ink inscription.
Lewis Hind, C., 'Turners Golden Visions', first edition, T.C.& E.C. Jack, 1910, original tan cloth with elaborate gilt decoration, gold endpapers, t.e.g., others untrimmed, 50 of the paintings and drawings of Turner reproduced in colour. * Condition: Small mark to front cover, bumps to corners, some rippling to plates.
Ainslie, Kathleen (author and illustrator), Suffragette interest - 'Votes for Catherine Susan and Me', first edition, London Castell Brothers Ltd., printed in Bavaria, plain cream thin card covers with colour illustrated cream dust jacket decorated green and grey showing the two Dutch dolls, 11 colour plates including one double page centre spread - the Dutch dolls attend protest meetings, battle with the police, fall into the Prime Minister's car, are arrested and imprisoned where they go on hunger strike and eventually, after a visit by the Home , they agree they have had enough and go home quietly, very good copy, some foxing to endpapers.
Milne, A. A., 'The Christopher Robin Birthday book', pub. Methuen and Co., first edition 1930, red cloth boards with gilt text and pictorial, ink owner's name to first page, sporadic annotations; together with 'When we were very young', pub. Methuen and Co. London, thirteenth edition, 1925, blue cloth boards with gilt pictorial, teg. (2) * Condition: Bumps to corners and spines, ink name to first page to Birthday Book.
Milne, A.A., three volumes of songbooks, 'Songs from we are six', pub. Methuen, London 1928, second edition; 'Fourteen songs from when we were very young', pub. Methuen, London 1928, twelfth edition; and 'Teddy Bear and other songs from When We Were Very Young' pub. Methuen, London 1926, first edition, all with music by H. Fraser-Simson, decorated with delightful vignettes by E.H. Shepard, in brown card boards with centralised pastedown titles, two bearing oval retailer's marks for A. Godin and Co., the piano and music centre, Quetta. (3) * Condition: Inscription overmarked in ink to first page of 'Tedd Bear and other songs' retailers stamp to first pages of others.
Carrol, Lewis; Holiday, Henry (illustrator), 'The Hunting of the Snark, An Agony in Eight Fits', rare first edition, Macmillan and Co., London 1876, ship's mast and sail pictorial on cloth boards, black end papers, owner's name in ink to first page and to top of four other pages through book. * Condition: Spine torn away from board, bumps to corners, wear to cloth , exterior fairly weathered, but interior and plates good and clean.
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